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Lin Onus b. 4 December 1948

Also known as Burrinja

Artist (Installation Artist),
Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Sculptor),
Artist (Painter)

The award-winning artist Lin Onus (b.1948 d.1996) was self taught. He was the Victorian representative of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1986 and co-founder of the Aboriginal Arts Management Association in 1990.

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exhibited at

Urban Dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus 1948 - 1996

Date: 2000
Place: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description: toured to Queensland Art Gallery, QLD and Melbourne Museum, Vic.
Type: Exhibition
Website: http://www.mca.com.au/default.asp?page_id=12&content_id=6

exhibited at

Urban dingo: the life and art of Lin Onus 1948-1996

Date

2000

Place

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

Description

Organised by the QAG and shown at QAG; MCA, Sydney; The Melbourne Museum. Organised by the QAG and shown at QAG; MCA, Sydney; The Melbourne Museum. This retrospective, the first for an urban-based Indigenous artist, emerged from discussions in 1995 between Margot Neale (former QAG Curator of Indigenous Australian Art) and Lin Onus. Tragically, the artist died in 1996 but the exhibition continued with the support of his family.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
UTAS catalogue; Urban dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus 1948-1996. Craftsman House in Association with the Queensland Art Gallery, 2000

Exhibition Catalogue:
Urban dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus 1948-1996. NSW: Craftsman House in Association with the Queensland Art Gallery, 2000
ISBN 1876509848 (pbk)

Type

Exhibition

Tags

Retrospective, Painting

exhibited at

Eternal

Date: 1999
Place: Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

Animal Instincts: An Exhibition of Animals in Art

Date: 1997
Place: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

The Second Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Date: 27 September 1996 - 19 January 1997
Place: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Type: Exhibition
Website: http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/apt/apt_2_(1996)

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Acquisitions 1995

Date: 1996
Place: Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic.
Description
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

Seven Deadly Australians

Date: 1995
Place: Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

The Urban Aboriginal

Date: 1995
Place: Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Description
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

Yiribana. An Introduction to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection

Date: 1994
Place: Yiribana Gallery, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Raise the Flag

Date: 1994
Place: Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Description: toured to South London Gallery, London UK and City Gallery, Leicester, UK. Exhibition organised by Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative
Type: Exhibition

Power of the Land

Date: 1994
Place: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type: Exhibition
Website: http://www.ngv.gov.vic.au

exhibited at

Aratjara: Art of the First Australians

Date: 1993
Description: toured to Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany; Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

Confess and Conceal: 11 insights into Contemporary South East Asia and Australia

Date: 1993
Place: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description: toured to Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

Aboriginal Art from Australia

Date: 1992
Place: Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Description: also shown at Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Type: Exhibition

Australian Perspecta

Date: 1991
Place: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type: Exhibition

exhibited at

Koori Art Victoria

Date: 1991
Place: Arthouse, Launceston, TAS
Description: An initiative of Arthouse, expressing the solidarity of the seven Koori artists, (Peter Clarke, Karen Casey, Treahna Hamm, Ellen Jose, Donna Lesley, Gayle Madigan, Lin Onus), living and working in Victoria. Source: Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive.
Tags: Group exhibition